- Hello Everybody! My wife will look into borrowing the dining hall where she works and I'll check into a seminar room where I work. The wife's location would be west of Hwy. 109 near Eureka and mine would be Olive and I1-70 (the Inner Belt). Would these locations be easy enough for folks to make? Brian E. "Wooly Bugger" > [Original Message] > From: GC-RGS <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 1/9/2004 6:42:10 PM > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GPS & PDA etc. > > - > Mike, and everyone else; > > Yes, we do need some weekend workshops for things like this. the end of Jan > 2003, I sent out an email for idea for the workshops, and I still have the > replies. It's not so much Geocaching 202 as it is GPS 101 and 102. > (projecting WP's, changing formats, metric, UTM, Bearing and headings, using > a compass, etc) > > There are still lots of tricks and "how to's" to be done using GPS's and > there would be a lot of interest. Now with the movement towards "paperless > caching (laptops and PDA's), that opens a whole new area of workshops. > > These need to be held somewhere with a good learning environment, not Ihop > while we're eating breakfast and taking up all the tables. Agreeing on a > location (St. Charles, No. county, So. county, etc) and time always seems to > be the problem. One of the gentlemen at our GC101 class this Spring works > for the city parks and said they would be glad to furnish shelters (enclosed > & heated?) for meeting or workshops. Greensfelter has a training room we can > use, but that's pretty far out for some. > > With all the new members and Christmas toys, We really should get something > started. How about some volunteers to get the ball rolling, throw out some > dates and locations, and get the show on the road. > > Rich > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lazylightning" <lazylightning7@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 4:00 PM > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GPS & PDA etc. > > > > - > > Glenn and Rich, > > I hear a call for GeoCaching 202?!? I'll sign up if you have one. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Judi F" <deltawinner@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 2:36 PM > > Subject: [GeoStL] GPS & PDA etc. > > > > > > > - > > > Sounds like it's time for an educational breakfast or something to teach > > us > > > newbies about this aspect of the game. > > > But not the weekends of the Ram's games. > > > > > **************************************************************************** > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > **************************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list: > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > > --- Brian Eastman --- brianeeastman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. **************************************************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field